HC Deb 09 March 1998 vol 308 cc30-1W
Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the contribution from her Department, in each of the last five years, for the education budget for students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities(a) for tuition fees and (b) for maintenance grants. [32266]

Mr. Worthington

Information for 1992/93 is not available. The information for the last 4 financial years is as follows:

£
Year Tuition Fees Maintenance Grants
1993–94 6,375,881 3,771,512
1994–95 4,597,639 4,246,903
1995–96 5,092,062 4,212,957
1996–97 5,494,920 4,034,137

Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the estimated proportion of students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities who will have to pay full tuition fees when the policy of means-testing tuition fees is introduced. [32646]

Mr. Worthington

It is estimated that some twenty-five per cent. of Northern Ireland new entrants overall will pay the full fee; it is not possible to disaggregate for those attending Scottish Universities.

Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of the students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities claim the full maintenance grant. [32647]

Mr. Worthington

It is not possible to identify the number of students who claim full grant since it is determined by whether or not there is a parental, spouses or student's contribution.

Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many students from Northern Ireland, in each of the last five years, began their degree courses in Scottish universities, broken down(a) by gender, (b) by individual university and (c) by maintained or controlled school at which the student sat A levels. [32265]

Mr. Worthington

Information for 1992–93 and 1993–94 is not available. The figures for the last three years are as follows:

(a) 1994–95 1995–6 1996–97
Male 840 972 911
Female 851 969 1,039
Total 1,691 1,941 1,950

(b) 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
University of Abertay Dundee 166 129 160
Edinburgh College of Art 17 38 39
Glasgow School of Art 3 8 14
Moray House Institute of Education 12 15 31
Northern College of Education 6 6 6
Queen Margaret College 90 77 105

(b) 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 5 12 12
St. Andrews College of Education 16 22 13
The Scottish College of Textiles 4 6 8
The Robert Gordon University 51 64 32
University of Paisley 50 52 63
Glasgow Caledonian University 32 80 128
Napier University 125 138 176
University of Edinburgh 173 164 174
University of Glasgow 157 154 152
University of Strathclyde 107 153 171
University of Aberdeen 53 63 91
Heriot-Watt University 99 109 143
University of Dundee 243 444 280
Duncan of Jordanstone College of
Art 69 0 0
University of St. Andrews 83 65 37
The University of Stirling 95 116 89
Scottish Agricultural College 35 26 26
Total 1,691 1,941 1,950

(c) 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Controlled 257 310 296
Voluntary 594 712 665
Roman Catholic 20 26 25
Maintained
Grant Maintained 1 1 6
Integrated
Missing/Further Education College etc 819 892 958
Total 1,691 1,941 1,950